I attended a community college for my first 2 years for economic reasons since I was self funding my education. You can really only do this for your college basics i.e. classes everyone has to take: English Lit, Music appreciation, underwater basket weaving, etc... I then was able to transfer every credit of that to a University. At the time in my state there were 2 things to look for. First is a system where all schools have a standard for each class and are "certified" to be transferable. Second, is an agreement between the community college and the University you wish to attend where MUS101 at the community college = MUS101 at the University. I did the second choice as my local CC wasn't certified. I literally went to the University for guidance and they had a sheet with the course mappings.
It was much cheaper (about 1/4 the cost) for the first 2 years, but I do think I missed the "college experience".
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I attended a community college for my first 2 years for economic reasons since I was self funding my education. You can really only do this for your college basics i.e. classes everyone has to take: English Lit, Music appreciation, underwater basket weaving, etc... I then was able to transfer every credit of that to a University. At the time in my state there were 2 things to look for. First is a system where all schools have a standard for each class and are "certified" to be transferable. Second, is an agreement between the community college and the University you wish to attend where MUS101 at the community college = MUS101 at the University. I did the second choice as my local CC wasn't certified. I literally went to the University for guidance and they had a sheet with the course mappings.
It was much cheaper (about 1/4 the cost) for the first 2 years, but I do think I missed the "college experience".